As Matthew O’Toole sat sweating and nauseous on a bench, many passers-by simply walked straight past him.
But one woman felt she had to stop to help and swiftly realised that Matthew was having a stroke. She called 999.
Now, Matthew, a 47-year-old father of two, from Farnham, Surrey, is making a good recovery.
As has been widely reported, his wife Georgina, 44, set about tracking down the Good Samaritan online, to thank her personally for what she did for Matthew that day last month and the two are now in touch.
Such a scenario is not as uncommon as it may sound. We spoke to three people who nearly died and the strangers who saved them about their dramatic rescues and the bonds that have since formed between them.
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A passer-by who saved the life of a stranger having a cardiac arrest in the street has said he is overjoyed to hear the man survived.
Aneurin Metcalfe spotted Bobby Gamlin slumped in a plant pot as he returned from a post office trip in Cardiff.
He and girlfriend Lauren Smith lowered the 55-year-old onto the pavement and rolled him onto his back to begin CPR. I was focused on keeping going and not giving up, his life was depending on it, said father Mr Metcalfe, 22.
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